Construction Contracts Manager
Job Description
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Contractual base: Tewkesbury or Chipping Sodbury
Operational requirement: Roaming, with travel across multiple development sites
Closing date: Sunday 19 July 2026
Build homes. Lead people. Deliver at scale.
This is an opportunity to take real ownership of delivering high-quality homes that make a difference to customers' lives.
As a Construction Contracts Manager, you'll lead across multiple residential development sites—driving performance, ensuring safety, and enabling your teams to deliver homes on time, on budget, and to the highest possible standard.
This isn't just about construction delivery—it's about creating a culture where quality, safety, and customer outcomes come first.
What you'll be doing
You'll work closely with the Head of Construction to oversee several live sites, leading site teams and ensuring everything runs smoothly from start to finish.
You'll:
- Lead and support Site Managers to deliver a strong health & safety culture across all developments
- Drive programmes to ensure homes are delivered on time or ahead of schedule, overcoming risks and challenges
- Maintain and manage a relationship with the NHBC to ensure high quality and standards are adhered to
- Take ownership of budget performance, monitoring costs and driving value through effective decision-making
- Ensure every home is delivered to a high-quality finish with minimal defects
- Oversee subcontractors and site teams to ensure consistent delivery standards
- Manage construction programmes, plot performance, and key milestones to support successful completions
- Work cross-functionally with internal teams and external partners to keep projects moving forward
- Coach and develop your team, building capability and future talent across construction delivery
What we're looking for
You'll be an experienced contracts manager who thrives in a fast-paced, multi-site environment and takes pride in delivering high standards.
You'll bring:
- Proven experience in a construction management role within UK residential development
- Strong knowledge of JCT contracts and CDM Regulations (2015)
- A track record of leading teams to successfully deliver build programmes
- Experience managing budgets, timelines, and quality standards
- Confidence influencing stakeholders and building strong working relationships
- A proactive, solutions-focused mindset with the ability to anticipate and resolve issues
- A full UK driving licence
For more detail on the role, including full responsibilities and requirements, please review the attached job description.
Why join us?
You'll be part of an organisation that's customer-driven, ambitious, and all-in—where your work has a direct impact on people's lives.
We'll give you the autonomy to lead, the support to grow, and the opportunity to help shape how we deliver homes now and in the future.
Apply
Please submit your application through our website by Sunday 19 July 2026. Early applications are encouraged as we review throughout the campaign.
We are planning to hold interviews week commencing 27 July at either our Shannon Way, Tewkesbury or Riverside Court, Chipping Sodbury offices.
Please note: This job posting may close early if we receive a high volume of applications. We encourage early applications to ensure consideration.